Unfortunately, the answer is no. So far the Europeans, on a policy design basis, have done better than we have in Canada in implementing policies that have a better chance of reducing emissions, but the models they use are still, in my view, overstating their ability to achieve their actual targets. I think the evidence of the last five years has borne that out. I'm actually working closely with my European colleagues to improve those models so that they have more of the attributes of the model that I'm using, for example.
Evidence of meeting #66 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was countries.
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